Pyongyang should make it easier for foreign aid groups to enter the country and help prevent a coronavirus outbreak, the UN's top envoy for human rights in the DPRK said in a statement on Wednesday.
The statement, from UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea Tomás Ojea Quintana, comes amid growing concerns about what will happen if the epidemic spreads to North Korea.
Pyongyang should make it easier for foreign aid groups to enter the country and help prevent a coronavirus outbreak, the UN's top envoy for human rights in the DPRK said in a statement on Wednesday.
The statement, from UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea Tomás Ojea Quintana, comes amid growing concerns about what will happen if the epidemic spreads to North Korea.
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